1. From highway A1(Trakiya): Drive on Tsarigradsko shose str and turn right tp Poduyane. On second traffic light turn left. The museum is at the beggining of the street.

2. From Higway A2 (Hemus): Drive to Poduyane railwaystation and turn left on the traffic light. After three traffic lights the museum in on the right side.

3. From Highway A7 (Lyulin) and from Kalotina (west border): Drive to/ on Europe boulevard till Poduyane railway station. After three traffic lights the museum in on the right side.

To use national road system you need vignette. You can buy vignette from each petrol station or post office. In BG we have weekly 10 BGN/5 EUR, Monthly 25 BGN/13EUR and yearly 67 BGN/ 33 EUR but you can pay only in BGN. I think on the border the vignette could be bought also in EUR.

A vignette is required for driving on Bulgarian state roads. These are practically all main roads in Bulgaria and there is no option to avoid buying a vignette for driving in Bulgaria.Unlike other countries that have the vignette system like Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland and others the Bulgarian vignette cannot be obtained outside Bulgaria.If you are arriving in Bulgaria with car you should buy a vignette for your car at (after) the border checkpoint. If you drive in Bulgaria without a vignette you risk a fine (about (EUR 60)

Following types of vignettes are available in Bulgaria

Types of vignettes and prices for 2014

Prices of road tax vignettes for cars with non-Bulgarian plates:

1 Week

1 Month

Annual

EUR 5,00

EUR 13,00

EUR 34,00

The vignette prises in 2014 are the same as in 2013, 2012 and 2011, and haven’t been raised since 2011.

Where to buy a vignette in Bulgaria

Vignettes are are sold in Bulgaria at the border checkpoints and in most of the (chain-) petrol stations.Look out for the following petrol stations:

Lukoil

OMV

Shell

Petrol

How to buy a vignette in Bulgaria

When you buy a vignette it should be activated for the days you will need it. A vignette is being activated by a” punch system” and when you buy one you will be asked about the day it should be valid from. The weekly vignette is valid for seven calendar days from the day it has been activated from. A monthly vignette is valid for 31 calender days – for example if you buy a montly vignette on 15 of July it will be valid till 15th of August. Things are different with the annual vignette. It is valid for the calender year only – this means that if you buy one annual vignette in October it will be valid untill end of December only (annual vignettes are valid now until 31. January, but this might change in the future).

The day on which the vignette sticker is purchased must not always be the day of the start of its validity. The vignette can be purchased in advance of the desire of the customer. The important thing is that the actual date of its start of validity will be punched.

Affixing the vignette sticker

A vignette sticker is only valid once it has been properly affixed to the vehicle. The mere purchase or possession of a toll sticker does NOT satisfy the requirements for proper payment of the toll. After removing the foil backing, the vignette sticker must be placed without damage directly onto the inside of the windscreen in a location (down right when facing the screen) which is clearly visible from outside the vehicle, where it can be inspected. Short-term toll stickers (1-week and 7-day stickers) must be punched prior to being affixed. Vignette stickers which are not punched or which are not affixed to the vehicle are invalid and one must expect penalties in the event of an inspection. The lower part of the vignette sticker (counterfoil with the serial number) must be retained as a proof of purchase.

by train

From Main (central) Railway station Sofia: get bus 305, 413

From Train station Poduyane: get bus 305, 413 or tram 20, 23

by public transport

Buses:9, 72, 120, 305, 413

Trams: 20, 23

Tarrifs and travel documents in the table below:

Tariff

PRICES

OF THE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS IN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT WITHIN SOFIA MUNICIPALITY

№

TYPE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENT

PRICE/BGN/

1.

TICKETS

1.1

Single travel ticket

1,00

1.2

Single travel ticket from the driver

1,00

1.3

Single travel ticket from the ticket vending machine in trolleys and trams

1,00

1.4

Single travel ticket from the ticket vending machine or the ticket office in the metro – for the metro

1,00

1.5

Single travel ticket from fixed ticket vending machine

1,00

1.6

Electronic ticket for ten travels for one passenger loaded in electronic card, tor trams and trolleys